Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] [noun] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | Amanda Mares , the producer , might bear in mind that listeners hearing things for the first time need a second or two to focus . |
2 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
3 | It is also the area of greatest concern to companies contemplating exporting for the first time of those considering a significant expansion of their overseas activities . |
4 | The EHCO-KLM Kleding industrial clothing arm also set a record with profits topping £2.5m for the first time . |
5 | Many such heavy timber beams supporting joists of the first floor were inserted into existing buildings in such a way that their ends may have had an inadequate bearing on to slender timber ‘ storey posts ’ installed adjacent to the party walls . |
6 | The loss of a single seat would mean the Tories surrendering control for the first time since nineteen seventy four . |